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Non-market jobs used to reduce unemployment
Look up make-work in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A make-work job is a job that is created and maintained at a cost not offset by the job's fulfilment
Make-work_job
2018 book by David Graeber
half of societal work is pointless, both large parts of some jobs and five types of entirely pointless jobs: Flunkies, who serve to make their superiors
Bullshit_Jobs
Form of corruption where one is paid to not show up
A no-show job or fictitious employment is a paid position that ostensibly requires the holder to perform duties, but for which no work, or even attendance
No-show_job
Work that employs people against their will
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with
Forced_labour
American businessman and inventor (1955–2011)
wanted to do. — Steve Jobs Paul Jobs worked in several jobs that included a try as a machinist, several other jobs, and then "back to work as a machinist".
Steve_Jobs
Social category
an office boy, an attendant, or an orderly, a person kept around for odd jobs (and, historically, a policeman or foot soldier). Shanghai: among native
Peonage
Work that creates only an illusion of value
work (also known as make-work and busywork) is an activity that is undertaken to pass time and stay busy but has little or no actual value. Busy work
Busy_work
Activity done by a person to earn money
A job, employment, work or occupation, is an activity, often regular and typically performed in exchange for payment ("for a living"). A person can begin
Job_(role)
Form of psychosocial stress
and paid time off. Stresses at work can be eustress, a positive type of stress, or distress, a negative type of stress. Job strain in the workplace has been
Job_strain
American comedy series
Berner Make 'Not Suitable For Work' Appearance In Season 1 Finale". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 22, 2026. "Shows A-Z - not suitable for work on hulu"
Not_Suitable_for_Work
Attitude of a person towards work
Job satisfaction, employee satisfaction or work satisfaction is a measure of workers' contentment with their job, whether they like the job or individual
Job_satisfaction
Broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and constructed by the government
improvements Madaket Ditch, one of the first public works projects in America Make-work job Public good, an economic discussion Utility district Egyptian Public
Public_works
Employment arrangement
Job sharing or work sharing is an employment arrangement where two people, or sometimes more, are retained on a part-time or reduced-time basis to perform
Job_sharing
Governmental plan for welfare recipients
public-service jobs or to participate in job training. Many countries around the world have adopted workfare (sometimes implemented as "work-first" policies)
Workfare
Advertisement for a non-existent job
A fake job, ghost job, or phantom job is a job posting for a non-existent or already filled position. The employer may post fake job opening listings
Ghost_job
Additional job providing extra income
part-time contract, or freelance work, and a person can hold more than one side job. A "day job" is defined as work a person does "to earn money so that
Side_job
Employees working from any location
"Impact of telework on exhaustion and job engagement: A job demands and job resources model". New Technology, Work and Employment. 27 (3): 193–207. doi:10
Remote_work
People without work and actively seeking work
able to work for pay, currently available to work, and have actively searched for work. Individuals who are actively seeking job placement must make the effort
Unemployment
Individually-driven work design process
Job crafting is an individually-driven work design process which refers to self-initiated, proactive strategies to change the characteristics of one's
Job_crafting
Area of research and practice within industrial and organizational psychology
Work design (also referred to as job design or task design) is an area of research and practice within industrial and organizational psychology, and is
Work_design
Tensions related to work
psychological stress related to one's job. Occupational stress can be managed by understanding what the stressful conditions at work are and taking steps to remediate
Occupational_stress
U.S. government program of the 1930s and 1940s
their busy work in favor of productive jobs. Some employers said that the WPA instilled poor work habits and encouraged inefficiency. Some job applicants
Works_Progress_Administration
Period of time that an individual spends at paid occupational labor
neutrally, it connotes a job with stable hours and low career risk, but still a position of subordinate employment. The actual time at work often varies between
Working_time
Physical location where someone works
interferes with the performance of a person's job or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. Kiss up kick down Toxic workplace
Workplace
Canadian documentary television series
Make the Politician Work is a Canadian documentary television series, which aired on CBC Television from 2009 to 2011. The series concept was to place
Make_the_Politician_Work
Belief in the virtues of labor
mindset.[citation needed] A work ethic is a set of moral principles a person uses in their job. People who possess a strong work ethic embody certain principles
Work_ethic
Person who works in general building maintenance
trade skills, repair work, maintenance work, are both interior and exterior, and are sometimes described as "side work", "odd jobs" or "fix-up tasks".
Handyman
books: On the Job: How to Make it in the Real World of Work (2001, Three Rivers Press, a Division of Random House) and Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Simple Strategies
Stephen_Viscusi
Brand used by the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK
Ireland. "Jobs and Benefits Offices" are operated by the Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), separate from the Department for Work and Pensions;
Jobcentre_Plus
Act of looking for employment
Job hunting, job seeking, or job searching is the act of looking for employment, due to unemployment, underemployment, discontent with a current position
Job_hunting
Technique used by employers
Job rotation is the lateral transfer of employees between jobs in an organization without a change in their hierarchical rank or salary grade. Rotated
Job_rotation
Assurance of continued employment
higher levels of job security. Governments attempt to do this by passing laws (such as the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964) which make it illegal to fire
Job_security
1999 film by Mike Judge
It satirizes the office work life of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston
Office_Space
Type of interview
accurate predictors of which applicants will make suitable employees, according to research studies. A job interview typically precedes the hiring decision
Job_interview
2003 American heist action film by F. Gary Gray
The Italian Job is a 2003 American heist action film directed by F. Gary Gray with a screenplay by Donna Powers and Wayne Powers. The film stars an ensemble
The_Italian_Job_(2003_film)
Slang term for an easy but highly paid job
girl jobs' might just be the secret to work-life balance". Vogue India. Retrieved 2023-07-24. Raisinghani, Vinesh (Sep 12, 2023). "'You can make $60-80k':
Lazy_girl_job
Non-permanent type of employment
Contingent work, casual work, gig work or contract work, is an employment relationship with limited job security, payment on a piece work basis, typically
Contingent_work
Pejorative work-related slang
"McJob" is a slang term for a low-paying, low-prestige dead-end job that requires few skills and offers very little chance of advancement. The term "McJob"
McJob
Procedures to identify content of a job activities, attributes or requirements to perform
Job analysis (also known as work analysis) is a family of procedures to identify the content of a job in terms of the activities it involves in addition
Job_analysis
Biblical figure
Job (English: /dʒoʊb/; Hebrew: אִיּוֹב 'Īyyōv; Greek: Ἰώβ Iṓb) is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible. In Islam, Job (Arabic: أيوب, romanized: ʾAyyūb)
Job_(biblical_figure)
Theory of work design
Job characteristics theory is a theory of work design. It provides "a set of implementing principles for enriching jobs in organizational settings". The
Job_characteristic_theory
Field concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people at work
psychological capabilities and; to summarize: the adaptation of work to man and of each man to his job. — Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational Health, 1st Session
Occupational safety and health
Occupational_safety_and_health
Reluctance of employees to leave their current job
office during job cuffing. Job cuffing can negatively impact productivity as disengaged employees continue to work while waiting to resume the job search. Employers
Job_cuffing
Misconception in economics about allocation of work
that there is a finite amount of work—a lump of labour—to be done within an economy. It is also known as the lump of jobs fallacy, fallacy of labour scarcity
Lump_of_labour_fallacy
Arrangement to work four days per week
program, the four day work week can be viewed as a white collar phenomenon. It has also been suggested that some blue collar jobs would see increased stress
Four-day_workweek
2021–2023 surge in job quits
for career advancement, hostile work environments, lack of benefits, inflexible remote-work policies, and long-term job dissatisfaction. Most likely to
Great_Resignation
Biographical work on Steve Jobs
Make Something Wonderful is a posthumous collection of Steve Jobs' words, released more than 11 years after the Apple co-founder's death. Compiled by
Make_Something_Wonderful
Class of machinist in manufacturing
coursework and with substantial period of on-the-job training that is functionally an apprenticeship. They make jigs, fixtures, dies, molds, machine tools,
Tool_and_die_maker
Type of employment
short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs), many workers are now finding short-term jobs through freelance marketplaces: a situation
Temporary_work
Internet slang term
at NSFW Content on the Job". Complex. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-21. What is SFW (Safe for Work) from Computer Hope "Check
Not_safe_for_work
International Labour Organization standard for job names
Occupation refers to the kind of work performed in a job, and the concept of occupation is defined as "a set of jobs whose main tasks and duties are characterized
International Standard Classification of Occupations
International_Standard_Classification_of_Occupations
Class of wage-earners in a tenuous job situation close to unemployment
preparing for and attending job interviews), as well as being expected to remain perpetually responsive to calls for "gig" work (yet without being paid an
Precariat
Form of society
obsolete due to technological progress. Some post-work theorists imagine the complete automation of all jobs, or at least the takeover of all monotonous, rule-based
Post-work_society
1969 British film by Peter Collinson
The Italian Job is a 1969 British comedy caper film written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley, directed by Peter Collinson, and starring
The_Italian_Job
Critique of, or wish to abolish, labour
capitalism Critique of political economy Job strain Post-work society Refusal of work Tang ping ("lying flat") Workism Lafargue, Paul (2018). The right to
Critique_of_work
Someone working in the care-oriented career field
be women's work. This includes many clerical, administrative, and service jobs as well as care-oriented jobs in therapy, nursing, social work, teaching
Pink-collar_worker
Document that defines a person's duties and responsibilities within an organisation
person in the job, information about the equipment, tools and work aids used, working conditions, physical demands, and a salary range. Job descriptions
Job_description
Independent on-demand temporary workers
competitiveness. Normally, "work" refers to a full-time job with set working hours and benefits. But the definition of work began to change with shifting
Gig_worker
Form of workplace training
On-the-job training (widely known as OJT) is an important topic of human resource management. It helps develop the career of the individual and the prosperous
On-the-job_training
Document permitting holder to work
A work permit or work visa is the permission to take a job within a foreign country. The foreign country where someone seeks to obtain a work permit for
Work_permit
2017 film by Cal Brunker
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is a 2017 animated comedy film directed by Cal Brunker and written by Brunker, Bob Barlen, and Scott Bindley. The sequel
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
The_Nut_Job_2:_Nutty_by_Nature
Co-worker of a special relationship
Work spouse, a term mostly used in American English, refers to a co-worker, with whom one shares a special relationship, having bonds similar to those
Work_spouse
Overtime work schedule from China
parent company ByteDance were unhappy with the 996 work culture there and that people were turning down job opportunities at TikTok because of it. In November
996_working_hour_system
Management concept by Laurence J. Peter
on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to
Peter_principle
Person who writes computer software
much of the programming work done today. Job titles and descriptions may vary, depending on the organization. Programmers work in many settings, including
Programmer
British television series
The Job Lot is a British sitcom. The series is set in a busy West Midlands Job Centre, and focuses on the relationships between the staff, and the jobseekers
The_Job_Lot
Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Miman
Yuri Is My Job! (Japanese: 私の百合はお仕事です!, Hepburn: Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto Desu!) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Miman. It has
Yuri_Is_My_Job!
performance of the work and the performer. Quantitative approach to job analysis that utilizes a compiled inventory of the various functions or work activities
Functional_job_analysis
Business document
often used to apply for a job, whether in the same organization or another. A typical résumé contains a summary of relevant job experience and education
Résumé
Method of motivating employees
arise from the work itself, including achievement and advancement, whilst job dissatisfaction stems from factors external to the actual work, including company
Job_enrichment
American special make-up effects artist
March 15, 1963) is an American special make-up effects creator, television producer, and director. His first major job in special effects makeup was on the
Greg_Nicotero
South Korean neologism
they are called the 700 euro generation. These youngsters often work at temporary jobs and receive the minimum allowable salary of 700 euros a month. The
N-po_generation
Intersection of work and personal life
lower WFC and higher job autonomy, leading organizations to invest in supervisor training and recruitment practices that reinforce work-life supportive behaviors
Work–life_balance
Capacity for control, discretion or political self-governance
discretion granted to an employee in their work. In such cases, autonomy is known to generally increase job satisfaction. Self-actualized individuals are
Autonomy
American political slogan
"Make America Great Again" "Make America Great Again" (MAGA, US: /ˈmæɡə/) is an American political slogan most recently popularized by Donald Trump during
Make_America_Great_Again
Working people whose incomes fall below the poverty line
workers have to work multiple jobs in order to make ends meet. In 1996, 6.2 percent of the workforce held two or more full- or part-time jobs. Most of these
Working_poor
Accounting practice
Job costing is accounting which tracks the costs and revenues by "job" and enables standardized reporting of profitability by job. For an accounting system
Job_costing
2016 American film
Get a Job is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Dylan Kidd and written by Kyle Pennekamp and Scott Turpel, about a group of friends who graduate
Get_a_Job_(2016_film)
2014 film by Peter Lepeniotis
The Nut Job is a 2014 animated comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis, who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron. It stars the voices of Will Arnett
The_Nut_Job
Occupational stress model
specific job resources buffer the effect of different job demands, depends on the particular work environment. Thus, different types of job demands and job resources
Job_demands-resources_model
lives of six sixteen-year-old friends as they explore their first part-time jobs, relationships, friendships, and other teenage issues. The series premiered
List_of_6teen_episodes
Relationship between employee and employer
The End of Work Equal opportunity employment Equal pay for equal work Ethnic Penalty Green growth Job analysis Job description Job fraud Job guarantee
Employment
1966 novel by Harry Harrison
Make Room! Make Room! is a 1966 science fiction novel written by Harry Harrison exploring the consequences of both unchecked population growth on society
Make_Room!_Make_Room!
Subreddit associated with the anti-work movement
2014, Ford was writing a blog called AbolishWork.com. Until 2017, Ford worked at a series of retail jobs for a decade, which she described as "miserable"
R/antiwork
American adult animated Netflix series
Inside Job (stylized in lowercase) is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Shion Takeuchi for Netflix. The series premiered on
Inside_Job_(2021_TV_series)
U.S. laws prohibiting mandated union membership and dues
right-to-work law is determined by the employee's "predominant job situs". Players on professional sports teams in states with right-to-work laws are
Right-to-work_law
2020 Nintendo video game
tremendous job at guiding us through this process and really helped us make the best content we could possibly make." Reception Good Job! received "generally
Good_Job!
necessarily make employees happy. Job security is an important factor to determine whether employees feel happiness at work. Different types of jobs have different
Happiness_at_work
Concept in organisational psychology
experience job dissatisfaction and leave their old job. Immediately after changing jobs, there is a sudden increase in job satisfaction at the new job (honeymoon
Honeymoon-hangover_effect
Internship scheme in Ireland
caretakers from the JobBridge register. JobPath, successor scheme to JobBridge "JobBridge: Government issues call to action for quality work experiences on
JobBridge
Chinese term for social competition
relevant educational qualifications, the job market is becoming very competitive. This leaves many to work in areas they are overqualified for, like
Neijuan
Increasing scope of a job through extending the range of job duties and responsibilities
horizontal expansion of job activities. This contradicts the principles of specialisation and the division of labour whereby work is divided into small
Job_enlargement
1984 SF novel by Robert A. Heinlein
Wikiquote has quotations related to Job: A Comedy of Justice. Job: A Comedy of Justice is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein
Job:_A_Comedy_of_Justice
Work believed to be exclusively the domain of women
Women's work is a field of labour assumed to be solely the realm of women and associated with specific stereotypical jobs considered as uniquely feminine
Women's_work
2006 mockumentary directed by Larry Charles
Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 mockumentary black comedy film co-written by and starring
Borat
Steve Jobs by Chrisann Brennan 2014: Steve Jobs: The Unauthorized Autobiography by J. T. Owens 2018: Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2023: Make Something
List of depictions of Steve Jobs
List_of_depictions_of_Steve_Jobs
Assesses whether a person performs a job well
Employees need to make formal and informal oral and written presentations to various audiences in many different jobs in the work force. An individual's
Job_performance
Job obsolescence, occupational obsolescence or skills obsolescence is a situation in which an occupation loses its field of work or its competitiveness
Job_obsolescence
1971 book by Abbie Hoffman
Hoffman had made. Hoffman responded that Forcade had done an "inadequate job" of editing the book. Haber threatened to sue Hoffman for breaking his contract;
Steal_This_Book
American animated television series
friendships at Monsters, Incorporated are put at risk when he receives a job offer to work at business rival Fear Co. John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan:
Monsters_at_Work
MAKE WORK-JOB
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Boy/Male
English
A mace was a medieval weapon used by knights.
Male
English
 Middle English variant form of English Jack "God is gracious." Short form of English Jacob, JAKE means "supplanter."
Girl/Female
Shakespearean
King Richard III' Duchess OF York, mother to King Edward IV.
Female
Native American
Native American Sioux name MAKA means "earth."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a virile man, from Middle English male ‘masculine’ (Old French masle, madle, Latin masculus).Belgian (van Male) : habitational name from any of a number of places in Flanders named Male.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a supplier of red or purple dye or for a dyer of cloth, Middle English cork (of Celtic origin; compare Corkery).
Female
English
 Latin name MARE means "sea." Compare with another form of Mare.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a pass or narrow valley, from Old English hraca ‘throat’, or a habitational name from any of the minor places deriving their name from this word, such as Rake in Devon or The Rake in Sussex.English and Dutch : from Middle English, Middle Dutch rake ‘rake’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such implements or as a nickname for a tall thin man. (The expression ‘lean as a rake’ is found in Chaucer.)
Female
Japanese
(1-真紀, 2-真希, 3-真貴, 4-真樹) Japanese name MAKI means 1) "true chronicle/record," 2) "true hope," 3) "true precious," or 4) "true timber trees."
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Country)
English (chiefly West Country) : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Old English lacu, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example in Wiltshire and Devon. Modern English lake (Middle English lake) is only distantly related, if at all; it comes via Old French from Latin lacus. This meaning, which ousted the native sense, came too late to be found as a place name element, but may lie behind some examples of the surname.Part translation of French Beaulac.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English cake denoting a flat loaf made from fine flour (Old Norse kaka), hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker who specialized in fancy breads. It was first attested as a surname in the 13th century (Norfolk, Northamptonshire).
Male
Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Hebrew Moshe, MOKE means "drawn out."
Male
Finnish
Pet form of Finnish Aarne, AAKE means "eagle."
Male
English
Pet form of English Michael, MIKE means "who is like God?"
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of St. Ola, Orkney.English : from Old English (ge)weorc ‘work’, ‘fortification’, hence probably a topographic name or an occupational name for someone who worked on fortifications or at a fort.Danish : habitational name from a place so called.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Christian, English, French, German
Yew Tree Estate; From the Farm of Yew Trees; From York
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Work.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Christian, English
Pond; Lake
Female
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Maeve, MAVE means "intoxicating."Â
Male
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin lacus, LAKE means "pond, lake."
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Female
Yiddish
Yiddish translation of Hebrew Tsipporah, derived from the vocabulary word foygl, FEYGL means "bird."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rye 1 and 2.
Boy/Male
Greek American English
Defender of men; protector of mankind.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the hundred of West Derby in Lancashire, which was often referred to in the Middle Ages as Derbyshire. The surname is still chiefly common in Lancashire, rather than Derbyshire.English : Nevertheless, it may also be a regional name from the county of Derbyshire, centered on the city of Derby (see Darby).
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Struggle Islamically sanctioned war
Boy/Male
Arabic, Bengali, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Stubborn; Resolute; Decisive; Judge; Arbiter
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Without Mineness
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Perceive Carefully
Biblical
the oak of weeping
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Cute
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n.
Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.
imp. & p. p.
of Make
v. t.
To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
n.
Work; a building.
adv.
At work; in action.
v. t.
To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.
n.
Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.
v. i.
To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
n.
The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.
v.t.
To make naked.
v. t.
To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
v. t.
To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
n.
To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.
v. t.
To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
v. t.
To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.
n.
The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch.
v. t.
To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.
v. i.
To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
n.
Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.